Peter Lauremberg

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Peter Lauremberg (born August 26, 1585 in Rostock ; † May 13, 1639 there ) was a versatile university professor, rector of the University of Rostock and writer of the Baroque period .

Life

Peter Lauremberg was born in Rostock as the son of Professor Wilhelm Lauremberg . Like his younger brother Johann , he had a poetic streak. Following in his father's footsteps, he studied medicine and astronomy in Rostock, where he also obtained his master's degree in 1607. In 1608 he pursued medical studies in Leiden . As a court master he traveled to Belgium and France. In 1611 Peter Lauremberg received his doctorate in medicine in Paris and accepted his first professorship, that of philosophy, at the University of Montauban. After almost three years, Peter Lauremberg left France, returned home in 1614 and accepted a position as professor of mathematics and physics at the Hamburg Academic Gymnasium . In 1624 he followed a call as professor of poetry, mathematics and medicine at the University of Rostock, where he was elected rector in 1635. Peter Lauremberg remained in Rostock until his death.

He wrote a large number of frequently published scientific textbooks in various fields of science. The 700 articles in his huge anthology of curiosities, the first of its kind in German, testify to his extensive knowledge. Lauremberg also wrote five lute pieces with dedications in the important lute and song book of his friend and later pastor Petrus Fabricius , who studied with him in Rostock.

His son Jakob Sebastian Lauremberg was later professor of history and law at the University of Rostock. His daughter Gertrud Lauremberg (1629–1705) was married from 1668 to Christian Hildebrand , professor of logic, also at Rostock University.

Works (selection)

  • Procestria anatomica . Hamburg 1619 (Introduction to Anatomy)
  • Institutiones Arithmeticae . Hamburg 1621 (mathematical textbook)
  • Porticus Aesculapi . Rostock 1630 (Introduction to Medicine)
  • Horticultura . Frankfurt / M. 1632 (horticultural textbook with copperplate engravings , published by Matthäus Merian )
  • Apparatus plantarius . Frankfurt / M. 1632 (botany, with copperplate engravings by Matthäus Merian)
  • Cynosura Bonae Mentis , Sive Compendiosa, facilis, & dilucida Instititio, Artificiosae Ratiocinationis, quae Vulgo Logica appellatur . Rostock 1633 (digitized version of the SBPK Berlin)
  • Acerra philologica , that is, two hundred unreadable, useful, funny and memorable histories (55 editions up to 1754, continuously expanded, from 1688 seven hundred ... histories )

literature

  • Thomas Bürger: The "Acerra philologica" by Peter Lauremberg . In: Wolfenbütteler Notizen zur Buchgeschichte , 12 (1987), pp. 1-24
  • Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Peter Lauremberg (1585–1639) . In: Personal bibliographies on Baroque prints . Volume 4. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-7772-9122-6 , pp. 2531-2564 (list of works and literature)
  • Veit Rosenberger (ed.): The Acerra Philologica. An early modern reference work on antiquity. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-515-09326-2 (collection of articles)
  • Conrad Wiedemann: Prelude to the anthology . In: J. Bark, D. Pforte (ed.): The German-language anthology . Volume 2. Frankfurt am Main 1969, pp. 28-29

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matriculation of Petrus Laurenbergius. In: Rostocker matriculation portal . Retrieved October 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Deanery Book. Doctorate from Petro Laurenbergio. In: Rostocker matriculation portal . Retrieved October 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Fol. 8, 10, 12, 17 and 19v. See Ralf Jarchow: Petrus Fabricius - Lauten- und Liederbuch , Vol. 1 & 2, Glinde 2013 (facsimile, transcription and commentary)
  4. ^ Lauremberg, Jacob Sebastian. In: Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium . Retrieved October 16, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lauremberg, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and writer of the baroque period
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1639
Place of death Rostock